Memorial to High
Council, 18 June 1840

which he has had to attend to the present time
which has greatly engaged his mind and taken up much of his time.

That
your
Memorialist feels it a duty which he owes to God as well as to the
Church

The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...

to give his attention more
particularly to those things connected with the Spiritual welfare of the
Saints, (which have now become a great people) so that they may be
built up in their most holy faith and be eneabled to go on to perfection—
— —

That the
church having erected an office where he can attend to the affairs of the
church without distractions, he thinks and
verily believes that the time has now
come when he Should devote himself exclusively to those things which
relate to Spiritualities
of the church and commence the work of
translating

To produce a text from one written in another language; in JS’s usage, most often through divine means. JS considered the ability to translate to be a gift of the spirit, like the gift of interpreting tongues. He recounted that he translated “reformed Egyptian...

the Ejyptian
Records— the Bible— and wait upon the Lord for Such
revelations as may be suited to the condition and
circumstances of the church and in order to attend to those things, prays
that your honorable body will relieve him from the anxiety and
trouble necessarily attendant on business transactions by appointing some
one to
take charge of the City Plot, and attend to the business transactions
which have heretofore rested upon your Memorialists

That should
your Honors deem it, propper to do so,
your
memorialist would respectfully Suggest, that he would have no means
of Support
whatever and therefore would request that some one might be appointed to
see that all his necessary wants be provided for as well as
Sufficient means or appropriations for a Clerk or Clerks which he may
require to aid him in his important work
[p. [2]]

which he has had to attend to the present time
which has greatly engaged his mind and taken up much of his time.

That
your
Memorialist feels it a duty which he owes to God as well as to the
Church

The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...

to give his attention more
particularly to those things connected with the Spiritual welfare of the
Saints, (which have now become a great people) so that they may be
built up in their most holy faith and be eneabled to go on to perfection—
— —

That the
church having erected an office where he can attend to the affairs of the
church without distractions, he thinks and very
<verily> believes that the time has now
come when he Should devote himself exclusively to those things which
relate to Spiritualities
of the church and commence the work of
translating

To produce a text from one written in another language; in JS’s usage, most often through divine means. JS considered the ability to translate to be a gift of the spirit, like the gift of interpreting tongues. He recounted that he translated “reformed Egyptian...

the Ejyptian
Records— the Bible— and wait upon the Lord for Such
revelations as may be suited to the condition and
circumstances of the church and in order to attend to those things, prays
that your honorable body will relieve him from the anxiety and
trouble necessarily attendant on business transactions by appointing some
one of the Bishopsto
take charge of the City Plot, and attend to the business transactions
which have heretofore rested upon your Memorialists

That should
your Honors deem it, propper to do so,
your
memorialist would respectfully Suggest, that he would have no means
for
<of> Support
whatever and therefore would request that some one might be appointed to
see that all his necessary wants be provided for as well as
Sufficient means or appropriations for a Clerk or Clerks which he may
require to aid him in his important work
[p. [2]]

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, LDS church purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas. Served as church headquarters, 1839...

1 Oct. 1811–27 Aug. 1841. Clerk, editor. Born in Great Driffield, Yorkshire, England. Member of Methodist church. Immigrated to Upper Canada, 1834. Baptized into LDS church by Parley P. Pratt, May 1836, in Upper Canada. Ordained an elder by John Taylor, 22...